How to read your social media feeds on Election Day
As information comes in about the 2022 midterms, beware of stories being shared online that seek to undermine the public’s confidence in American elections.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2022As information comes in about the 2022 midterms, beware of stories being shared online that seek to undermine the public’s confidence in American elections.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2022The Wisconsin GOP senator also spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in a recent speech.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 19, 2021Lawmakers promised to explore solutions to online COVID scams and online misinformation. But Republicans on the subcommittee had other plans.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 18, 2021A new survey finds that wide swaths of the American public believe vaccine conspiracies repeated by Fox News, Newsmax, and other right-wing outlets.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 10, 2021Unvaccinated Americans are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than their vaccinated peers, recent CDC data shows.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - October 18, 2021Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has recently been suspended from Twitter for promoting vaccine falsehoods.
By Oliver Willis - August 12, 2021Vaccination rates are increasing in states with the highest rates of new coronavirus infections.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - August 06, 2021The study, published in a prestigious American medical journal, was scrutinized by experts immediately — but that didn’t stop it from spreading across conservative media.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 19, 2021YouTube said that a video posted by Gov. Ron DeSantis violated its ban on the posting of medical disinformation.
By Associated Press - April 12, 2021The effort showed how social media and other technology can be leveraged to spread misinformation so quickly that those trying to stop it cannot keep up.
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021In Idaho, state Rep. Heather Scott opened the 2021 legislative session by declaring, ‘The pandemic is over.’
By Associated Press - March 01, 2021‘At the end of the day it proved to be pretty ineffective,’ said one expert.
By Associated Press - November 07, 2020‘We found no violations of the rules whatsoever,’ the head of an international elections watchdog said.
By Associated Press - November 05, 2020Twitter users continue to spread racist falsehoods about the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020Legitimate U.S. social media accounts are sharing false claims of voter fraud.
By Associated Press - October 18, 2020